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- noun Plural form of
microbrewery .
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Examples
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What soon followed was a trickle of so-called microbreweries that led to a statewide playground of brewers.
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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Small, independent breweries - so-called microbreweries - are being hailed as saviours of the pub trade, and ones such as Dave's and the likes of Wood's in Wistanstow, Three Tuns in Bishop's Castle, along with Worfield and Corvedale breweries, are part of a craft beer revolution that is gathering pace.
Shropshire Star 2008
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However there are several thousand locally owned "microbreweries" that serve local markets.
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However there are several thousand locally owned "microbreweries" that serve local markets.
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America was home to great many "microbreweries" (they would have just been called "breweries" back then, as the prefix "micro -" hadn't been invented).
Gawker 2010
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Many of today's microbreweries are creating more sophisticated and specialized craft beers.
Turnstyle: Almanac Beer: From Farm to Barrel Turnstyle 2011
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Famous for brand names such as Pigswill and Old Leg Over, microbreweries are opening at the rate of almost 50 a year, encouraged by generous tax concessions and drinkers' appetite for new tastes.
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I mean, Mac & Jack's is way better than say, Deschutes, but still, said 23-year-old Sounders fan Josh Nelson during a home game on a drizzly afternoon last month, referring to popular microbreweries in Washington and Oregon, respectively.
The Great Hipster Soccer Showdown Hannah Karp 2011
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Since 2002, other microbreweries have jumped on the bandwagon.
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Downtown has good bars and izakayas the Japanese answer to the pub, but with more focus on food, and the surrounding woods are full of quirky cabins turned into cafes, organic farms and microbreweries by a growing movement of "slowlifers" – city escapees seeking the good life.
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